Improvement in sash-doors



L. W. TATUM.

Sash-Doors.

Patented Nov 24,1874.

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LAURENCE W. TATUM, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO JOEL WRIGHT HADLEY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SASH-DOORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,085, dated November 24, 1874; application filed August 26, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAURENCE W. TATUM, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented an Improved Sash-Door, of which the following is a specification:

The invention consists in a sash-door, having a hollow cross-bar and double lower panel, provided with means for preventing the rain beating in said hollow or recess, and for holding the sash firmly in place. In doors having a grating in the upper panel, it is customary to have the sash hung by hinges to enable the sash to be opened. This is attended with liability, Whenever the door is swung on its hinges, of having the sash strike against the wall and obstruct the opening of the door, and is also liable to break the glass. These objections are entirely overcome by my improvement, which is the principal object sought by the same.

To enable others to fully understand my invention, I will proceed to describe the same in detail, with the aid of the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a door embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same in line a: w of Fig. 1.

A A represent the frame-work of a door, the upper panel of which is open, and covered on one side by a grating, B. The middle cross-bar C, I make with a mortise down ferent heights.

through it, leading to the lower panel, which I make double, leaving a space between them suflicient to permit the sashto pass down between them. The sash D consists of a light thin frame, which is placed in the upper panel,

and maybe let down through the mortise when desired. It is held up in place by a button, E, attached to the sash-frame, which engages with a notch cut in the side of the stop F. There are several notches cut in the said stop to enable the sash to be held at dif- The stop G on the opposite side is made removable to enable the sash to be taken out, when desired, for cleaning. A strip of rubber, H, is placed on the edge of the cross-bar C, just inside of the grating, and bearing against the lower bar of the sash, and is designed to convey water off, which may beat through the grating against the glass, and prevent its running down inside. I is a thumb-screw in the cross-bar C, to be used to press the sash D against the rubber H when desired to make the joint tight.

Having described my invention, I claim- In a sash-door, the combination of the strip H and screw I with the cross-bar C and sash D, as and for the purpose described.

LAURENCE W. TATUM.

Witnesses:

WVM. CLARK, C. W. QUIRK. 

